Detachablb-covee cgnstbitction



E. L. CONDON. v DETACHABLE COVE R CONSTRUCIION.

APPLICATION FILED MN- 5. I920.

Patented May 9, 1922.

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illustrate a preferred embodiment of the in vention Fig. 1 is a plan view of the cover and receptacle top;

Fig. 2 is a section on line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig.3 is a plan view of the receptacle top and associated parts with cover removed;

and

Fig. i is a plan view of the cover.

The top wall of the ice box or other receptacle 5 is made with a curvilinear and preferably a circular opening into which is set a ring or flange 6 bordering the opening and projecting a little above the'plane of the top wall. 7 is a segment shaped plate of sheet metal made with a straight edge, and permanently secured to the top of the flange 6. 8 is a removable cover covering the part of the opening not covered by plate 7, also made of sheet metal and provided if desired with a lining 9 of heat insulating material; The

cover 8 rests when closed on top of the flange 6 and conforms to the shape of the opening with its straight edge adjacent to thestraight edge of plate 7.

The cover 8 swin s on its straight edge as a pivot and is in no way attached to thereceptacle top. Two ledges 10, 10, made of sheet metal'are secured to the under side of plate 7 inside of and adjacent to ring 6. The top surfaces of ledges 10 are in the same plane with the top of ring 6 and afford a broad bearing surface for 7 cover which would otherwise wear and be come worn'by the'relatively sharp edge of the ring 6, if the straight edge of the cover worked merely on the ring 6.

The cover 8 hasa tongue or projection'll secured to its under side and extending from the hinge edge of the the straight edge between the ledges 10, 10, and under the plate 7 when the cover is closed. This tongue serves to guide andhold the cover in proper position on the recep tacle top.

A rod 12'is fixed at its ends to the inner sides of the ring 6 and extends across the openin straightedge of plate 7. The rod 12 constitntes a stop to engage the tongue 11 and hold the cover in open, upstanding position a'sindicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2, when the cover is swung open;

Below the rod and underneath the tongue 11 when in open position, is a trough or gutter 13 which catches and carries away any moisture which drips from the tongue' 11,

when the cover is opened, or from the ledges 10. The tongue 11 extends under the plate Patented ay 9, i922.

0' a little below and in front of the 7 and closes the crack or joint between the straight edge of plate 7 and the'strai'ght edge of the cover when the latter is closed.

The cover may be removed for cleaning the parts by merely opening it and slipping the tongue vertically outfrom between the ledges 10. Similarly it-ma'y be replaced by inserting the tongue between the ledges 10 vhich guide it into correct working position.

It will be understood that tl'i'eicecream can is set into the receptacle below the opening and cover, and while readily accessible for service is fully protected by the cover, when closed, and safeguardedagainst any water or other moisture dripping into the can from the top of the chest by the flange 6, and by the trough 18, which catches and carries away moisture which might otherwise drip through the opening when the cover is opened. I

I claim: I

1. In combination, a receptacle top having an opening, a freely removable cover for the opening adapted to swing on one edge as a hinge, ledges adapted to engage and support the hinge edge of the cover throughout its swinging movement, and means to position the cover over the opening.

2. an opening, opening, a

in combination, a receptacle top having a flange extending above said hinge, ledges adapted to engage and support the hinge edge of the cover throughout its freely removable cover for the opening adapted to swing on one' edgeasa" swinging'movement, and means to position the cover over the opening.

3. In combination a receptacletop having an opening, a flange extending above said opening, a freely removable cover for the opening adapted to swing on one edge as a hinge, ledges disposed in a plane coincident V with the top of the flange to engage the hinge edge of the cover, and means to position the cover on the flange.

4. In combination a receptacle tophaving ,an opening, a flangeextending above said coincident with the top of the flange to engage the hingeedge of the cover, and means interposed between said ledges to position the cover on the flange.

5. In combination a receptacle top having an opening, a flange extending above said opening, a removable segmental cover. for the opening adapted to swing on one edge as a hinge, a pair of ledges inside of and adjacent to the flange and disposed in a plane coincident with the top of the flange to engage the hinge edge of the cover, and a tongue extending from the hinge edge of the cover and normally extending between said ledges. c

6. In combination, a receptacle top having an opening, a flange bordering said open-- ing, a rod fixed within the flange and extending across the opening, a removable cover-adapted to swing on one edge as a hinge and normally resting upon the upper edge of said flange, and a tongue on the cover adapted to engage the rod and hold the cover in open position. I

7 In combination, a receptacle top having an opening, a flange bordering said opening, a plate fixed to the top of the flange and covering part of the opening, rod fixedwithin'the flange and extending across the opening and below said plate, a removable cover adapted to swing on one edge as a hinge, and a tongue on the cover adapted to extend under the plate when the rover is closed and to engage the rod and support the cover when the latter is opened.

. 8. In combination a receptacle top having an opening, a freely removable cover for the opening adapted to swing on oneedge as a hinge, said cover having a rearwardly extending tongue, and as trough underneath the hinge edge of the cover adapted to carry off moisture which may pass through the hinge joint and drip from said tongue.

9. In combination, a receptacle top having an opening, a flange bordering said opening, a plate fixed to the top of the flange and covering a part of the opening,a removable cover for covering the rest of the opening adapted to swing on one edge as a hinge, said cover having a tongue normally extending under the plate when the cover is closed and a trough extending across the opening underneath the joint'between the cover and plate and positioned .to underlie the lower edge of said tongue when the cover is opened. 7

10. In combination, a receptacle top having a curvilinear opening, a flange bordering and extending above said opening, a segmental plate fixed to the top of the flange and covering part of the opening, a removable cover for covering the rest of the opening adaptedv to swing on its edge adjoining the straight edge of the segmental plate, a tongue on said cover extending under the segmental plate when the cover is closed, and a rod fixed within the flange and extending across the opening adapted to engage the tongue and .support the cover in openxposir, tion.

11. In combination, a receptacle top having a curvilinear opening, a flange borderingand extending above said opening, a. segmental plate fixed to the top or the flange and covering part of the opening, a pair of ledges inside of and adjacent the flange and disposed in a, plane coincident with the top of the flange, a removable cover for covering the rest of the opening adapted to swing on its edge engaging said ledges adjacent the straight edge ofthe segmental plate, a tongue on said cover extending between said ledges and under the segmental plate when the cover is closed, and a rod fixed within the flange and extending across the opening adapted to engage the tongue and support the cover in open position' 12. A device of the class described comprising a circular flange, a segmental plate permanently secured to the edge thereof, a bar extending across said flange substantially below the straight edge of said plate and spaced therefrom, a segmental cover member having its straight edge abutting the straight edge of said plate, a tongue member extending from the straight edge of said cover member and into the space between said plate and bar, and heat insulating means upon the under side of said cover member.

13. receptacle top having an opening, a removable cover for the openingadapted to swing on one edge as a hinge, ledges eon-i structed and arranged to engage and support the hinge-edge oi the cover and a single centrallydisposed tongue forming an extension of saidcover and'serving to position said cover relative to said ledges throughout its swinging movement. j

Signed by meat Boston, li lassachusetts,

this 30 day of December, 1919. I

arner n Connor. 

